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NewsCut on Facebook Live today

Because you didn’t ask for it, MPR News’ John Wanamaker and I are going to do a Facebook Live discussion today at noon. If you have questions you’d like to ask, don’t post them here. Post them there. We’ll probably do this every Friday to figure out the most undercovered, undermentioned, most interesting stories of…
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Wisconsin, Minnesota consider tolls on highways

Minnesota has the fifth-largest highway system in the country, and its citizens have historically hated the idea of tolls, even though every few years someone wants to study the idea
by Bob Collins

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CPB member describes public media after government subsidies end

Howard Husock doesn't have a lot of friends on the CPB board, especially after his March anti-public media op-ed in the Washington Post, which prompted another CPB member to call him 'an embarrassment.'
by Bob Collins

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Timewaster: The milk sommelier

Timewaster: The milk sommelier

The dairy industry in these parts is in rough shape. Milk prices are low and there's too much of it. What the industry needs is a little more snootiness.
by Bob Collins

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Minnesota’s smaller cities love their high school athletes

The Minnesota State High School League's John Millea calls our attention to this video from Crookston, where the high school tennis team left for the state tournament. Things like this matters in cities around Minnesota.
by Bob Collins

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Listeners push back after NPR interviews Rep. Steve King

NPR Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep had to defend his network’s choice to interview Iowa Rep. Steve King today. King, who has regularly made racist comments that play well in his blood-red district — where his challenger dropped out of the race last week, citing death threats — is possibly the most extreme of the…
by Bob Collins

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A North Dakota town volunteers to ride motorcycles

A North Dakota town volunteers to ride motorcycles

The motorcycle company needed a town to use for a promotion showing how easy it is to learn to ride a motorcycle. The town's water tower needed a coat of paint.
by Bob Collins

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Soccer club finds success after teaming up with porn site

'We wanted to bring something cool to amateur soccer that would bring some attention to what we’re doing,' a player said. It worked.
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Jesse Ventura has a new show for Russian state TV about motorcycles and freedom

Jesse Ventura has a new show for Russian state TV about motorcycles and freedom

“It’s called the feeling of freedom,” Jesse “The Body” Ventura barks into the mic, atop his motorcycle. “Everyone in the world should experience freedom, and you get it on the open road.” That’s the opening of the trailer for his upcoming program for RT, Russia’s state-sponsored media outlet. It’s called “The World According to Jesse.”…
by Cody Nelson

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For storm chaser, North Dakota has never looked so good

For storm chaser, North Dakota has never looked so good

Mike Oblinski, a Phoenix-based photographer and storm chaser, says he doesn't usually put out any video of his storm-chasing until the season is over. But he made an exception when he was in North Dakota last Friday evening.
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